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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1874)
FVBLlsnED LvKsy FniD.w by COLT... van cikvic. ALBANY, OREGON. DEATH OR MARRIAGE. The ancient clock in Deacon Sher- met's old-fashioned kitchen -was slowly chiming the hour of nine. It was no smart toy, of the bronze or alabaster, bnt a tall, square, solid relic of the last century, looking not unlike a coffin case set on end in the corner a clock that lasted through four generations, and, judging from appearances, was quite likely to last through several more. Deacon Shermer cherished the old heirloom with a sort of pride which be himself would scarcely have con fessed to. There was a great ruddy fire of chest nut in the red brick fireplace ; and the candles in the brightly-polished brass sticks were winking merrily from the high wooden mantel, where they shared the post of honor with a sea-shell and a couple of vases, each containing a fresh osage from the hedge that skirted the clover field behind the barn. At the window curtains of gaudy chintz shut out the tens of thousands of stars that were shining brightly on that autumnal night, and on the cozy rug of parti colored rags a fat tortoise-shell cat was not the only inhabitant of the farm house kitchen. " Timothy," said Mary Shermer, de cidedly, "if you don't behave youi self, I'll " What she would do Mary did not say ; the sentence was terminated by a laugh that set the dimples around her mouth in motion, just as a beam of June sunshine plays across a cluster of ripe cherries. Mary Shermer was just seventeen m plump, rosy girl, with jet black hair. brushed back from a low forehead, and perfectly-arched eyebrows, that gave a bewitching expression of surprise to a pair of melting hazel eyes. She was rather dark ; but the severest critic would not have found fault with the peach-like bloom upon her cheeks, and the dewy red ot her full, damtily-curved lips. Evidently Mr. Timothy Marshall was quite satisfied with Mary's peculiar style of beauty. " Come, Mary," said Tim, moving his chair where he could best watch the flush of the fire-light upon her face, and picking up the thread of the con versation where he had dropped it when it became necessary for Mary to bid Mm behave himself, "you might promise. It's 9 o'clock, and your father will soon be home." "Promise what, Tim?" said Mary, demurely, fitting a square of red in her patchwork, and intently observing the effect. " Nonsense, Mary ! You know what very well. Promise to marry me before Christmas. I tell you what, Mary, it's all very well for you to keep putting a fellow off, but I can't stand it. What with your forbidding me the house, and that romantic Tom Stanley's coming here every Sunday night " Mary gave her pretty neaci a toss. As if Mr. Stanley's coming here made any difference with my feelings 1" No ; bnt, Mary, "it isn't pleasant, you know. I'm as good a man as Tom Stanley, if I don't own railroad shares and keep an account in the Hamilton ville Bank ; and I love you, Mary, from the bottom of my heart. Now this matter lies between you and me only ; no other person in the world has a right to interfere between us. Come promise me." He held her both hands in his and looked earnestly in the liquid hazel eyes. " Do you love me, Mary ?" " You know I love you, Tim. " Then we may just as well Hush ! What's that?" There was a portentous sound of drawing bolts and rattling latches in the porch-room beyond, a scraping of .heavy boots along the floor. " O, Tim, it's father I" Suppose it is ?" " But he mustn't find you here, Tim. Hide yourself somewhere, do !" " What nonsense, Mary !" said the young man, resolutely standing his ground. " I haven't come to steal his spoons. Why should I creep away like a detected burglar ?" "For my sake, Tim. If you ever loved me, do as I say. Not in that closet ; it is close to his bedroom. Not through that window ; it is nailed tight. He is coming. Here, Tim, quick P And, in the drawing of a breath, she had pushed Timothy Marshall into the square pendulum case of the tall clock, and turned the key upon him. It was not a pleasant place of refuge, inasmuch as his shoulders were squeezed on either aide, and his head flattened against springs and wheels above, and the air was unpleasantly close ; but Tim made the best of matters, and shook with sup pressed laughter in his solitary prison cell. " Well, a jolly scrape to be in ! were Tim's thoughts. "And no knowing when I'll be out of it. Mary's a shrewd little puss, however, and I can't do bet ter than to leave the matter in her hands." "So you haven't crone to bed yet, Mary!" said Deacon Shermer slowly unwinding the two yards of woolen scarf with which he generally encased lus throat ox an evening. " Not yet. father." said Mary, picking up the scattered bits of patchwork, with a glowing cheek. "Did 30a have a pleasant meeting ?" "Well, yes," quoth the deacon, re flectively, sitting down before the fire, greatly to Mary's consternation ; she had hoped he would have gone to bed at once, according to his usual custom. " It was tol'bly pleasant. Elder Husk ier was there, and Elder Hodgkins, and well, all the church folks pretty much. Why, how red your cheeks are, Mary. Tired, ain't you? Well, you needn't ait up fox me, my dear ; it must be get tinr late. " The deacon glanced mechanically round at the clock. Mary felt the blood grow cold in her veins. "Twenty minutes past nine ! why, it must be later than that ! Why, land o' Canaan! the old clock's stopped." The old clock had stopped ; nor was it wonderful un der the circumstances. "I wound it im this mornin'. I'm sartin," said the deacon, very much disturbed. "It TAr served me such a trick af 01 e in all the years it stood there. Your Aunt Jane used to sav it was the sign of a death or a marriage in the family before fiie year was out. There was a suppressed sound like chuckle behind the clock case as Dea nn Hhnrmer fumbled on the shelf for tiiA rlrifk kf V. " These springs must be out of order nmAdnv." said the deacon, decisively. " How scared you look, child ! There in't. nr nftnse of being scared. I don't mt no faith in voux Aunt Jane's super stition. Where in the name of all pos sessed is that key ? I could ha' declared I left it in the case." " Isn't it on the shelf, father ?" asked Mary, guiltily, conscious that it was search to-mor-" It must be snugly reposing in the pocket of her gingham dress. " No, nor tain't in my pocket, either." And down went the deacon, stiffly enough, on his knees, to examine the noor, icst, perchance, the missing key might have fallen there. "Well, I never knowed anything so strange in all my life," said the deacon. "It is strange," faltered hypocritical Mary. " 1 11 have a regular row," said Shermer. somewhere around." Yes, it must," said Mary tremu lously. "Only," the deacon went on, slowly, resuming his place before the fire, " f kind o' don't like to have the clock stand still a single night. When I wake u.j, j(uu jv.iiow, 11 seems liJte a sort o talking to me in the stillness." The deacon looked thoughtfully at the fiery back-log. Mary fidgeted uneasily about the room, straightening table-covers, setting back chairs, and thinking, " O, if he would only go to bed !" As he sat there his eyelids began to grow heavy, and his head to nod sol emnly. Mary s eyes lightened up with a sparkle of hope. "Child," he said, suddenly, straight ening himself up in the stiff-backed chair, " you d better go to bed. 1 11 sit up a while longer, till the logs burn out." " But, father, I am not sleepy." " Go to bed, my child," reiterated the deacon, with good-humored authority that brooked no opposition ; and Mary crept out of the room, ready to cry with anxiety and mortification. "If Tim will only keep quiet a little while longer," she thought, sitting on the stairs where the newly-risen moon streamed in chilly spleador. " Father sleeps so soundly, and he is sure to sleep in his chair. I could steal in and release him as quietly as possible." She sat there, her plump fingers in terlaced, and her eyes fixed dreamily on the floor, while all the time her ears were strained to their utmest capacity to catch every sound in the kitchen be vond. Hark ! was it the wail of the wind ? or was it something to her liter ally nearer and dearer ? Yes ; she could not be mistaken : it was actually a snore. Mary rose softly to her feet with re newed, hope. Surely how was the ac cepted time. Noiselessly as the fleet ing shadow she crossed the hall, opened the kitchen door, and stole across the creaking boards of the floor. The can dies were burning out, but the shifting luster of the fire-light revealed her father nodding before the tire, with closed eyes and hands hanging by his sides. With a heart that beat quick and fast like the strokes of a miniature hammer, she drew the key from her pocket, and proceeded, in spite of the nervous trembling of her Angers, to fit it into the lock. So absorbed was she in her task that she never noticed the sud den cessation of heavy breathing never saw the deacon start suddenly into wakefulness around him. Love is blind, and, equally true, it is deaf. The dea con rose up quietly with a shrewd twinkle in his eyes, and Mary gave a little frightened shriek as a hand fell softly on her arm, possessing itself quietly of the key. "Let me help," said Deacon Sher mer. "Father, I I found the key," fal tered Mary. " Found the key, eh ?" returned the deacon. " Well, that's lucky ; and now we can find out what's the matter with the clock. Mary's heart throbbing so wildly a moment or two ago, seemed to absolute ly stand still, as Deacon Shermer turned the key and opened the tall door of the clock case. " Hal lo !" ejaculated Deacon Sher mer, as Mr. Timothy Marshall tumbled laughingly into the room. " So you was the matter with the clock, eh i "Yes, sir," said Tim, composedly; " I hope I have not seriously interfered with the working of it." " You have seriously interfered with me ! saitl the deacon, waxing indignant. " What do you mean, sir, by hiding in my house like a thief ?" "Indeed! mdeed ! father! cried Mary, bursting into tears, " it was not his fault. He did not want to hide, but I put him there." "ion did, eh And may 1 ask what for ?" "Father," faltered Mary, irreverent ly, " I love him and he loves me." " Is that any reason why he should hide in the clock case, miss ?" "No but father ! I can never marry Mr. Stanley. He is so soft, and I Mary's tears finished the sentence for her. The deacon looked down (not un kindly) on her bowed head and the ten der arm that supported it. Apparently the course of true love, roughly though it ran, was overwhelming all his world wise arrangements in its tide. "And so you two young folks really think you love each other ?" said the deacon, meditatively. " I love her with all, my heart and soul." said Tim Marshall, earnestly. "1 am not rich, I know, but I can work for her." "And I can work for myself, too, father," interposed Mary, with tears in her eyes that shone like softened stars. "And yon said yourself, sir," went on Tim, "that the stopping of the clock meant either a marriage or death. Of course we do not want any deaths, so don't you think the most sensible thing we can do is to help on a marriage as soon as possible t The deacon laughed, in spite 01 him self. It's late," he said, "come around to-morrow morning, and we 11 talk about it. No, Mary, I am not angry with you child. I suppose young folks will be young folks, and there's ho use trying stop them ! " And the deacon re-hung the pen dulum and set the iron tongue of the old clock ticking again. " Tim Marshall paused on tne irons step to whisper to Mary : " What shau it be, JUary y a aeatn or a marriage ?" And she in return whispered, "A marriage, I hope." "My darling !" said Tim, "it's worth passing a lifetime behind the clock case to feel as I do now !'" All Sorts. Logic. It rains or it does not rain ; it does not ram, therefore, it rains. A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living. The royal family of Great Britain costs the treasury $2,377,370 in gold annually. The Japanese census shows only three thousand criminals in a popula tion of over thirty-three million souls. The success of Josh Billings is excep tional. There are thousands of young men who do not know how to spell, and yet they are not worth jjpioO.OOO. In the upper portion of the North Payette Valley, Northern Idaho, there is found a bird about the size of a pigeon, with light brown body and dark er brown wings, which is known as the "fool-chicken" on account of its ap parent stupidity when in danger. Readier to run than fly, and not alert to do either, it can often be killed witn a walking-stick, and has flesh but little inferior to grouse or partridge. There are 728,000,000gallons of beer consumed annually in England. In Germany the number of gallons is 146,' 000,000 of beer and 121,500,000 of wine. Frenchmen drink every year 51,UU,(JUU gallons of beer and 600,000 of wine. In the United States the annual consump tion of beer is 297,000,000 gallons, 22, 000,000 of wine, and 73,000,000 of dis tilled spirits. The value of all this liquor represents $2,000,000,000, and the amount of capital invested in its production amounts to $2,000,0UU,LHH) more. Last March a man named Emory Prattle, a machinist in the employ of the Michigan Car Company at Detroit, made a bet with another man as to which could hold oi't the handles of an electric battery which a traveling nuis ance had on Campus Martius. Prattle won the bet, but at heavy cost. His system received such a shock that up to this time he has not been able to do a day's work. He has fallen away from a powerful, heavy man to a skeleton al most, and his physician cannot say that he will ever be restored to health. Capt. W. C. Manning, lately arriving in Denver from travels in New Mexico, gives curious details of a village be tween three and four centuries old, situ ated in the northwestern part of said Territory, just south of the Colorado line. It is entirely surrounded by a strong stone wall, and with houses for 4,000 people contains only 1,800 inhabi tants at present. This population strik ingly resembles the Chinese in speech, look, dress and minor customs ; worship a deity whom they call Montezuma and hail with the return of each day's sun, keep records of historical events by means of peculiar knots tied in long cords. A council of thirteen " ca ciques," six of them selected for life, is the supreme legislature of this curious peoj le, with whom universal suffrage has been in practice for ages. Something About the Hotel Business of Hew York. The Fifth Avenue, including stores, rents for $200,000. The lessees pay tnTAs ttHHAKBTTients and repairs a total of about $250,000. The average annual profits of this house since its opening have been about $250,000. Twenty-five years ago the ground was offered on a ninety-nine years lease at $500 per an num. The lots on which this building stands could have been bought in 1853 for $3,000 per lot. It accommodates 550. The Windsor is leased for ten years at $125,000 per annum, including the whole building, which cost over $1,000, 000. The land it occupies is valued at $800,000. This is the last great hotel opened to the public. It is superb and complete in all its appointments, and already enjoys a world-wide reputation. It is to-day the finest hotel in New York, and Mme. Christine Nilsson, who makes it her home, and whose experience in both hemispheres is very extensive, sayB, " It's the finest hotel in the world." It accommodates 525. The Gilsey rents for $85,000, includ ing stores. It is an admirably conducted house on the European plan. It accom modates 200. The St. Nicholas rental is $95,000, without stores. One year this house netted $400,000 profits. It accommo dates 600. The Metropolitan rental is $105,000, which includes several Btores. It ac commodates 325. The Hoffman rental is $74,000. It accommodates 225. The Brunswick is kept upon the Eu ropean plan. The rental is $85,000. It accommodates 225. The St. James has recently passed into the hands of Senator Jones, of Nevada, who is fitting it up, regardless of cost, for one of his kinsmen, Mr. Jones, of the Hoffman House. It ac commodates 225. The Brevoort. Clarendon, Everett and Albemarle are all very successful. The proprietors, commencing in some cases with little or no means, are now all wealthy. The Grand Central comes under the head of second-class hotels ; its rental is about $80,000, without stores. The Astor rental is $75,000, without stores. It accommodates 325. Its res taurant and bar's gross receipts average $800 daily. There are a large number of smaller hotels in New York, well managed and generally doing well, such as the St. Cloud, Sturtevant, Coleman, etc. Brooklyn, with its 400,000 inhabit ants, does not boast of a single hotel, depending upon JNew lork to supply this demand. Jersey City has one hotel, Taylor's. The bar receipts of this house are larger than those of any otherin the country. Th5 entire hotel accommodation for guests in New York is about 6,000. New York World. Business Letters. L In letters of business use as few words as possible. 2. Business letters should be prompt ly answered. 3. Use a clear, distinct writing, avoid ing all flourish of penmanship or lan guage. 4. Come at once to your subject, and state it so clearly that it will not be necessary to guess your meaning. 0. Cnve town, county, State and date explicitly. It is frequently of great im portance to know when a letter was written. 6. Bead your letter carefully when finished, to see that you have made no omissions and no mistakes. Also care fully examine vour envelope, to see that it is rightly directed, with postage stamp affixed. t. Copy all business letters, of your own by hand, or with the copying press made for the purpose. 8. Send money by draft, post-office order or express, always stating in the letter the amount, and by what means sent. Thus you have something to show for money guaranteeing you against loss. 9. Write date and from whom receiv ed, across the end of each letter, and file for further reference, fastening the letters together with rubber bands, or binding in a letter-hie adapted to the purpose. The possession of a letter sometimes prevents litigation and ser ious misunderstandings. In ordering goods, state very explic itly the amount, kind, quality color, shape, size, etc., and on what terms wanted. Whether you wish the same sent by freight or express and what ex press. Much inconvenience is experi enced among business men because of a neglect to designate explicitly what is wanted. Should the writer wish to make sug gestions, ask questions, or add other matter to the letter, which are foreign to the subject, such words should be plac ed entirely separate from the order. Of fifty or a hundred letters received to-day, by the merchant, that one which is mixed up with complaints, inquiries, etc., will probably be laid over till to morrow or until such time can be gain ed as will enable the merchant to read it through. Had the order been ex plicitly stated, and the suggestions placed elsewhere, the goods would have ueen iorwaraed immediately. oenu your oroer, also, early enough to give yourself plenty of time to wait for the goods to arrive. HalVa Manual. Immense Produce Exports. A tabulated statement of the exports of produce from New York for the last eight months, of which some of the principal items are given below, shows that the shipments of wheat, com cheese, petroleum and some other items are in several instances beyond prece dent : 1872. 1873. 1874. Wheat Sour, brls . . 637,068 927,804 1.493 039 Wheat, bu 6,299.641 11,688,756 25.49C 996 Corn, bn 16,900,984 9,039,432 15,651.137 Cotton, bales 191,007 374.480 276 !xi:i Cat meats, lbs 156,655,407 245,941,392 172,227 507 Butter, lbs 2,968,71 2,346,718 3.166,778 Qheese, lt)S 48,528,159 65,340,488 70,698.427 Petroleum, gals... 51,572,158 88,457,248 98,404,652 His "Small-Pox." The New York correspondent of the Boston Journal writes : " One of our railroads runs by the county buildings. Prisoners, paupers, and the diseased are transported often on the street cars to save expense. This practice creates great indignation. So far all protests have been in vain. The other day the conductor was collecting fares from a crowded load. A foreign person, poorly dressed, and with an eruptive face, handed up his money. In answer to the question, Do you go through ?' which means do you go beyond the city line, he said : ' I have got de small pox do.' ' Have you got the small-pox ?' said the astonished conductor. ' Yes, I have got de small pox do.' The pass engers came to their feet ; women screamed, and the excitement was in tense. ' Come, get out of this car ; you can't ride here,' said the official. The unfortunate made for the front platform. He was hustled out of the car and nearly pitched headlong into the street. He recovered himself, and started for the front of the car. The driver took the car-hook and threatened to brain him if he got on. The poor fellow kept up with the horses, shouting, ' I'll go ; give me my small pox, give me my pox, give me my pox,' pointing to a small 2-foot square chest standing on end behind the driver. The mystery was explained. The honest German wanted to pay for his small box on the car as well as his own fare. The conductor apologized and a seat was offered to the man. But he had had enough of that company. He refused all invitations to ride. shouldered his small pox,' and trudged on foot to the Aimsnouse. A Wealthy Belle Elopes with a Negro. A Norristown (Pa.) letter to the New York Herald says : The usually staid, cmiefc anrl arin cratic portion of Bucks countv, known as Warminster townshi TV in in tat nrvnr greatly excited over a somewhat strange ciuj-ciiKJUk. j.i seems that about a vear since a fancy colored man, named Joe Palmer, came to Warminster and en gaged to Mr. John Thompson, one of tne aristocratic citizens, as a man-of-all-work. While thus employed it was noticed that he was quite intimate with Miss Annie Thompson, the beautiful, refined and accomplished daughter of his employer. Shortly afterward Palm er was taken ill, and Miss Thompson attended to him until the family pre vented it by having him removed else where. But it seems that Miss Thomp son's visits were clandestinely continued to him. After his convalescence it is re ported that Palmer said he would be even with the Thompsons for sending him away from their residence during his illness. Miss Thompson's father and mother did all they could to pre vent any further intimacy between then daughter and Palmer, and she seemingly consented completely to thoir wishes. But neither they nor the community were prepared for the denouement which has taken place. A day or two since, Joe Palmer stated to various per sons that he was going west, and was noticed making extensive preparations. About the same time Miss Thompson persuaded her mother to allow a visit to a neighboring township to make some purchases. She went instead to the railroad depot, and, boarding the Phil adelphia train, met Palmer at the next station. As the young lady did not re turn at the time she informed her moth er she would, a search was instituted and the truth learned. The terribly distracted parents at once went to Phila delphia, but, tdthough a most persistent search was made, nothing of the couple could be learned further than that Palmer was seen in the neighborhood of the hay market, at Seventh and Colum bia avenue, the day subsequent to the elopement. Miss Thompson is a great heiress, and has always been held in the highest esteem by the people of War minster. Her parents are heartbroken at her rash act. Further endeavers will be made for her recovery. The Coming Horse. The New York correspondent of the Boston Journal writes : " We have here a banker who in a quiet way has been gathering for some time the speediest horses of the country. He has a quiet stable out of the city, about au hour's ride away. Here he has a track, and without observation he is recording some marvelous speed. He says noth ing about his stud on the street, and will not be questioned. No one can get ac cess to his horses without a written per mission from himself, and that is rarely given. Among his treasures is a brotli er of Dexter, a gamey, speedy horse, of which marvelous things are told. This out-of-the-way stable is just now the center of a good deal of interest. Among horsemen it has been known for a long while that a Methodist minister in Ken tucky owned a colt of which marvelous things were told. The animal was black as a raven and bore the name of Black wood. The value of the horse, in the estimation of the owner, may be seen by the pleasant little price that was put upon him. The horseman on the street laughed that a plain Methodist parson, in the wilds of Kentucky, offered his animal for $00,000 ! The banker alluded to heard so much of this colt that he took a trip down to Kentucky to look at him. He saw him move. He described him as a marvel. His nostrils became red as fire; his eyes dilate, and he seems transformed. The captivated !N ew York er offered $30,000 for the colt. The owner received the proposal with dis dain. He did not even reply ; ordered the horse back into the stable, and went into his house. Another visit was made, and the horse changed owners, $50,000, it is said, being the price. Now the plan is this : When the famed horses that are to trot on your course have done their besfr, Blackwood is to be trotted out to show what he can do. Those who have seen him move say that he is the most extraordinary animal ever seen in this part of the country. " BUSINESS CARDS. JOHN CONNER, Banking AND Exchange Office, ALBANY, OREGON. Deposits received subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on time deposits in coin. Kxchange on Portland, San Francisco and New York for Bale at lowest rates. Collections made and promptly remitted. Refers to H. W. Corbett, Henry Failing, W. S. Ladd. Banking hours from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. Albany, Feb. 1, 1874 . 22vC D. M. JONES. J. LTNSEY IIIT.T.. JONES & HIED, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Albany, Oregon. 37vfi J. W. BALDWIN, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Will practice in all the Courts in the Second, Third and Fourth Judicial Districts, in the Supreme Court of Oregon, and in the U. 8. DiBtrict and Circuit Courts. Office iu Parrish brick (tip-stairs), in office occu pied by tne late N. H. Cranor, First street, Albany, Oregon. tolSvC D. B. RICE, M. D., SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN. Office, Firsl-st., Betxceen Ferry and Washington. Residence, Third street, two blocks below or east of Methodist Church, Albany, Oregon. V5n40 J. C. L. FLYNN. rOWELL. POWELL & FLYNN, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, (L. FHnn, Notary Public), Albany, Oregon. Collec tions and conveyances promptly attended to Albany Book Store. JNO. FOSHAY, Dealer in Miscellaneous Bool's. Softool Books. Blank Books, Stationery Fancy Articles, &c. Books imixfrted to order at shortest poeslble no- A. W. GAMBLE, M. D., PHYSICIAN, SURCEON, Etc. Office on First St., over Weed's Grocery Btorf Residence opposite late residence of John C. Men- denhall, near the Foundry, First street, Albany. October Tl 1873. Webfoot Market! CHARLES WILSON Having leased the Webfoot Market, on First street. adjoining Gradwohl's, respectfully asks a share of iue puuuc patronage. The market will oe Kept con stantly supplied with all kinds ff fresh meats. Call and see. 3W- The highest cash price paid for Hides. CHARLES WILSON. Albsny, August 14, 1874. w7h7 McFarland, (Late M. M. Harvey & Co.,) Next Door to Conner's Bank, ALBANY, OREGON. STOVES, RANGES Force and Lift Pumps, Lead and Iron Pipe, Hollow Ware, House Furnishing Hardware, Tin j Copper Sheet Iron Ware LARGEST STOCK IN THE VALLEY. LOWEST PRICES EVERY TIME. REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. June 11, 1874. ALBANY Fonnflry ai lactone Slum, A. F. CHERRY, Proprietor, ALBANY, OREGON, Manufactures Steam Engines, Flour and Saw Mill Machinery, Wood-Working & Agricultural Machinery. , And all kinds of tice. vGu;i(i DR. GEO. W. GRAY, H 12 'N T I S Albany, Oregon. T Oftice in Parrish Brick Block, corner First and Ferry streets. Kesideure. corner Fifth and Ferry street?. Office hours from 8 to 12 o'clock a. in. and 1 to 5 o'clock p. m. lHvC Iron and Brass Castings. Particular attention paid to repairing all kinds oi machinery. 4lv:t A. CAR0THE11S & CO.. DEALERS IN Epizootics Distanced. THE BAY TEAM STILL LIVES, And is flourishing like a preen bay tree. Thankful for patt favors, and wishing to merit the continu ance of the same, the BAY TEAM will always be ready, and easily found, to do any hauling within the city limits, for a reasonable compensation. Z& Delivery of goods a specialty. '.'Uv5 A. N. ARNOLD, Proprietor. Infantile Thumb-Sucking. The British Medical Journal pub lishes an article by Dr. Horace Dobells, in which that distinguished physician states that he has observed that a pe culiar and rather common deformity of the chest is caused by the habit of sucking the thumb in infancy and early childhood. He says that tne weight of the arm on the thorax of tne child, dur ing sleep, produces depression of the ribs in the line occupied by the arm when the thumb is placed in the mouth. The doctor thinks this is a very impor tant effect of the habit of thumb -sucking one which has never before been pointed out and he regards it of suffi cient consequence to be put on record for the benefit of other observers. The Legend of the Gypsies. "Did vou ever bear the old Eastern legend about the gypsies ? How they were such (rood musicians that some great In dian Sultan sent for the whole tribe. and planted them near his palace, and gave them land, and plows to break it up, and seed to sow it, that they might 1 , i , i -, . . , 7 , r a wen mere, ana piay ana sing 10 nun. But when the winter came, these gypsies all came to the Sultan, and cried that they were starving. But what have you done with the seed-corn which I gave you ? Oh, Light of the Age, we ate it in the summer. ' ' And what have you done with the plows which I gave you ?' Oh, Glory of the Universe, we burnt them to bake the corn withal. ' Then said the great Sultan ' Like the butterflies you have lived, and like the butterflies yon shall wander.' And he drove them out. And that is how the gypsies came hither from,theEast." The annual report of the Chief of Police of London shows some interest ing statistics of that immense city. It requires 9,883 policemen to protect property, life and morals. There were 73,857 arrests made last year, .tor as saults, etc., 9,639; burglary, 328; lar ceny (serious offenses) , 498 ; petty lar ceny by servants, 1,199 ; beggars, 2,753; receivers of stolen goods, 219 ; prosti tutes, 5,656. Dogs apprehended, 10,- 150. There were persons lujurea in the streets, 125 were killed. Five hundred and seventy-three fires occurred within the year. Eleven thousand and seventy-seven public vehicles were licensed, 14,136 articles were taken to the lost property office by honest cab drivers. There are 800 temperance cab drivers in London. Eight new police stations have been opened. One hun dred and fifty-four new streets and squares were built, covering 26 miles and 800 yards. Seven thousand six hundred and eighty-nine houses were erected, and 593 houses of ill-fame sup pressed. There has been a great de crease in crime and immorality, which the report attributes to the Intoxicating ijiquors Licensing act. Cotton Crop of the Past Year. The New York Commercial and ii nancial Chronicle publishes a state weiii. oi ine cotton crop for the year 7UU,8 oept. i, is,-! ; by which it is snowu that the total crop this year ..uiicb ,j.oi,uo4 Dales, while the ex ports are 2,840,981 bales, and the spin- . , ""h i,--si, ua oaies, leaving a ino , f -o ntma at the dose of the year of - ."uuiic win jjruu: snipping ports nave ueen o,tu,43t bales. against 3,bDi,34o bales last year. If we now add the shipments from Tennessee ana eisewnere direct to Manufacturers "' me luuowing as tne crop state ment for the two years : Tear ending Sept. I 1873-74. 1872-73. Beceiptaat the shipping ports. 3,81a, 136 Add shipments from Tennes see, etc , direct to manufac turers 237,572 Total 4,057,008 Manufactured South not in cluded! n above 128,526 Bale. 3,661,346 141,500 3,702,846 137,662 Total cotton crop for the jear 4,185,534 3,930,308 ihe journal or tteaun says it is wrong to get p before you feel like it. How a Woman Was Deceived by Her Husband. The Marysville (Cal.) Appeal is re sponsible for the following: "We hear of a case of cool-headod and sys tematic deception which i3 reported to have been perpetrated in this city a short time ago, and which is too good to be lost. A saving and prudent wile, after much urging, induced her husband to save part of his wages by depositing $20 a month with her. Tne arrange ment nromised to become a grand nnan cial success. Every month the faith ful husband handed over $20 to his good wife, who carefully laid it away in a safe place. Month after month rolled on until the S20 pieces aggregat inc S2.000 had accumulated, when the wife thought it would be wise to de posit the same in the savings bank. Accordingly one morning tne iaay un earthed her pi'.e of golden twenties and walked down to tne iuarysviiie oavmgs Bank. On entering tne institution she liad them upon the counter with much satisfaction, congratulating nerseu upon the fact that the interest on the de posit would in a few years amount to quite a sum, and one wortli liavmg in case of misfortune and bad luck m life. But then came the denounment. The cashier readily discovered the pecular ity of the com. The $20 pieces were wortnless imitations 01 tne genuine coin. The true fact in the case at once flashed across the mind of the good woman. Her husband had spent his wa ges, and m order to fullfill his promise and keep up ms mommy aeposits naa purchased a lot of imitation $20 pieces known aB " spiel markes." How the matter was settled in the family, being of a domestic and private nature, we have not been inquisitive enough to as certain, and leave for all to imagine. " The Strength of Metals. The experiments of scientists have ntrated the following faets re specting the strength of certain mate rials : Gold may be hammered bo that it is only one three hundred-and-sixty thousandth of an inch thick. An iron bar would support its own weight if stretched out to a length of 3 miles. A bar of steel was once made which would support its own weight if ex tended to a length of 13J milea. Bunk er Hill Monument might be built more than a mile iu height without crushing the stones at its base. When bars of iron are stretched until they break, those which are the strongest increase in length less than the weaker ones. A piece of wood having the breadth ana thickness of three inches, and the length of four feet, if supported at its ends, would be bent one millionth of an inch by a weight of three pounds placed in the center, and a weight of one-tenth of an ounce would bend it one sevev millionth of an inch. W. C. TWEEDALE, Dealer in Groceries. Provisions. Tobacco, Cigars. Cutlery, Crockery, and Wood and Willow Ware, Albany, Orkooit. BTT" Call and see him. 24v5 The SVSetzler Chair! Can be had at tile following places : Harrisburs Sam 5'a Junction City Smith & Brasfleld Brownsville ivirK v mmie Halsey J. M. Morgan Scio J. J. Brown Albany Graf & Collar A full supply can also be obtained at my old shop ou First street, Albany, Oregon. J. Al. SLti I X.LJ-.11. Piles I Piles! Whv sav this damaging and troublesome com plaint eauuot be cured, when no many evidences of mcoem might be placed before yoa every day cures of supposed hopeless cases ? Your physician informs you that the longer you allow the complaint to exi-d. vou lessen your chances for relief. Ex perience htm tan n hi this in all cases. A. Carothers & Co.'s Pile Pills & Ointment Are all thev are recommended to be. Will cure Chronic, Blind and Bleeding Piles in a very Bhovt time, and are convenient to vee. Tins preparation if sent by mail or express to any point witbiu tue United States at $1.50 per package. Address A. CABO THERS & CO , 275 Box 33, Alabany, Oregon. Drugs, Chemicals, Oils, Paints, Dyes, Glass, Lamps, Etc. All the popular PATENT MEDICINES, PINE CUTLERY, CIGARS, TOBACCO. NOTIONS, PERFUMERY, And TOILET GOODS! . Particular care and promptness given pLyicianft prescriptions and family recipes. A. CAROTHEHS & CO Albany, Oregon. 4v5 OO TO THE BEE-HIVE STORE! to Birr Groceries. Provisions, Notions, &c, &c, &c. JOHN SCHMEER, DEALER IN Groceries aafl Provisions, ALBANY, OREGON, Han just opened his new grocery establishment, on Corner of Ellsworth and First Streets, With a fresh stock of Groceries, Provisions, Candiep. Cigars, Tobacco, &c, to which he invites the atten tion of our citizens. In connection with the store he will keep a Bakery, and will always have on hand a full supply of fresh Bread, Crackers, &c. C' Call and see me. JOHN SCHMEER. Febrnarv 16- 24 v4 The Old Stove Depot John Briggs, Cheap for Cash. Country Proflnce of All Kinds Bongnt For Merchandise or Cash. This is the p'ace to got the Best Bargains Ever Offered in Albauj Parties will always do well to call and s-e for them -elves. H. WEED. First Street, Albany, Oregon. 32vC Dealer in Rang Coot, Parlor and Boi Stoves ! OF THE ItKST PATTEKNS. ALSO, Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware, And the usual assortment of Furnishing Goods to be obtained in a Tin Store. Repairs neatly and promptly executed on reason able terms. Short Reckonings Make Long Friends. Front Street, Albany. Dec. 5, 1874. 1 FURNITURE. Everything ISTew. GRAF & COLLAR, Manufacturers and Dealers in TTTTfNITUBE OF ALX KINDS. Bureaus. Bedsteads, Tables, Lounges, Sofas, Spring Beds, Chairs, Etc., Always on hand or made to order on the shortest noiiue. Furniture repaired expeditiously and at fair rates Salesroom and Kactory on Klrat Street, near acaineer i j Albany, Feb. 28, 1874-25. 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They invari ably relieve and cure "the following complaints : Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Complaints, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Bilious Attacks, Fever and Ague, Summer Complaints, Sour Stomach, Palpita tion of the Heart, General Debility, etc. They are especially adapted as a remedy tor the diseases tt which WOMEN Are subjected ; and as a tonio for the Aged. Feeble and DebiliUted, have no equal. They are strict.y in tended as a Temperance Tonic or Bitters, to le used as a medicine only, and always according to directions. Sold by all Fibst-Class Druggists